..., yada, yada." "Hmm...," Optimus muses, "like you said, there are things better not knowing about. Any hints on the duel?" "Nope, just run to Autobot City, smash any and all Decepticons on the way, but don't waste more than one shot on anyone, keep up your energon for Megatron. He's the Ric Flair of the Transformers world." After Optimus left and the Healing Tent ...

...W(ing) That's the premise of Super Robot Wars. Now how did I know you were going to say that? ;^) Then again, have any of the above robots (particularly the Autobots, Decepticons, Big Guy and Mighty Orbots) made an appearance in the series? I don't think I've seen the first two examples mentioned on Wikipedia. Copyright complexity prevents it from being liscenced for NA....

... rejoices] [Ren Hoek gets large pectoral muscles] Ren: Thank you, meester Springfield. [A certain preteen witch winks to the audiance] [The Autobot symbol pans into view, changes to a Decepticon symbol] [and pans out again] Minimus: Copycat. [*another Channel Change*] [A brilliant shaft of light explodes from the Yamato's 'wave motion gun'] [it strikes a nearby pickle jar, ...

... the prospect of a sci-fi FX extravaganza was STILL exciting, but at no time was I interested in the plot. That boils down to THIS: Once I saw how everything was CGI rendered, how the Autobots and Decepticons moved and interacted with humans, I was sort of bored. But it IS one of those movies you have to see LIKE THAT -- in the theater, BIG -- and I don't regret it. It went from ...